Buddhist nuns lead modern, rich lives

A pizza place in Yunnan province's Shangri-La county is the favorite dining spot of Tashi Yungdrung, a Buddhist nun.

Like many young people in the cities, the 29-year-old Tibetan woman enjoys sharing her life by posting pictures of fruit pizza and friends on WeChat, a mobile messaging app.

Tashi was 16 when she first donned the magenta robe of Tharpaling Nunnery, the only Tibetan Buddhist nunnery in Yunnan. There she began her lessons, just 20 kilometers from her hometown, in a village of the Dechen Tibetan autonomous prefecture.